Baghmara, Jharkhand Assembly constituency

Baghmara
Baghmara
Constituency No. 43 for the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Jharkhand
District	Dhanbad
Lok Sabha constituency	Giridih
Established	2000
Total electors	2,85,966
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	6th Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Shatrughan Mahto
Party	BJP
Elected year	2024

Baghmara is an Legislative assembly constituency in the Indian state of Jharkhand.^[1]^[2]

Baghmara is a Vidhan Sabha constituency, in the Dhanbad district of Jharkhand. Baghamara is known for the rich coal contents underground and a number of coal mines of B.C.C.L. It is a B.C.C.L. township and very close to nature with much greenery, counteracting the pollution of the remainder of the district.

Members of the Legislative Assembly[edit | edit source]

Election	Member
Bihar Legislative Assembly
Before 1967: Constituency did not exist
1967	M. M. Singh	Jan Kranti Dal
1969	Imamul Hal Khan	Samyukta Socialist Party
1972	Imamul Hal Khan	Indian National Congress
1977	Shankar Dayal Singh
1980	Shankar Dayal Singh
1985	Om Prakash Lal
1990
1995
2000	Jaleshwar Mahato	Samata Party
Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
2005	Jaleshwar Mahato	Janata Dal
2009	Dulu Mahato	Jharkhand Vikas Morcha
2014		Bharatiya Janata Party
2019
2024	Shatrughan Mahto

Election results[edit | edit source]

Assembly election 2024[edit | edit source]

2024 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Baghmara^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Shatrughan Mahto	87,529	43.85%	0.14
	INC	Jaleshwar Mahato	68,847	34.49%	8.76
	Independent	Rohit Yadav	18,314	9.17%	New
	Jharkhand Loktantrik Krantikari Morcha	Deepak Kumar Rawani	15,696	7.86%	New
	SP	Suraj Mahato	2,572	1.29%	New
	Independent	Vishal Balmiki	1,572	0.79%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,953	1.48%	0.65
Margin of victory			18,682	9.36%	8.90
Turnout			1,99,623	67.58%	4.94
Registered electors			2,95,391		3.30
	BJP hold		Swing	0.14

Assembly election 2019[edit | edit source]

2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Baghmara^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Dulu Mahato	78,291	43.71%	7.94
	INC	Jaleshwar Mahato	77,467	43.25%	New
	JD(U)	Subhash Ray	6,528	3.64%	30.34
	Independent	Binayak Kumar Gupta	3,527	1.97%	New
	JVM(P)	Santosh Kumar Mahato	3,264	1.82%	0.23
	BSP	Kanhai Singh	2,073	1.16%	New
	Independent	Rajesh Kumar Swarnakar	1,881	1.05%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,491	0.83%	0.23
Margin of victory			824	0.46%	17.21
Turnout			1,79,134	62.64%	1.85
Registered electors			2,85,966		9.99
	BJP hold		Swing	7.94

Assembly election 2014[edit | edit source]

2014 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Baghmara^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Dulu Mahato	86,603	51.65%	*New*
	JD(U)	Jaleshwar Mahato	56,980	33.98%	7.95
	JMM	Suraj Mahato	8,053	4.80%	0.31
	JVM(P)	Sitaram Bhuia	2,670	1.59%	38.84
	CPI	Sanjeev Kumar Mahato	1,804	1.08%	New
	MCC	Abdul Jabbar Ansari	1,724	1.03%	New
	SP	Shankar Beldar	1,421	0.85%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,781	1.06%	New
Margin of victory			29,623	17.67%	3.26
Turnout			1,67,679	64.49%	9.18
Registered electors			2,60,002		3.79
	BJP gain from JVM(P)		Swing	11.21

Assembly election 2009[edit | edit source]

2009 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Baghmara^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JVM(P)	Dulu Mahato	56,026	40.44%	*New*
	JD(U)	Jaleshwar Mahato	36,066	26.03%	10.82
	INC	Om Prakash Lal	27,889	20.13%	9.75
	JMM	Akshay Lal Chouhan	7,077	5.11%	New
	Independent	Gourchand Bauri	3,128	2.26%	New
	RJD	Vikram Prasad Yadav	1,583	1.14%	0.66
	Independent	Ritesh Kumar Agrawal	1,218	0.88%	New
Margin of victory			19,960	14.41%	7.44
Turnout			1,38,554	55.31%	3.07
Registered electors			2,50,496		0.57
	JVM(P) gain from JD(U)		Swing	3.58

Assembly election 2005[edit | edit source]

2005 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Baghmara^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD(U)	Jaleshwar Mahato	54,206	36.85%	*New*
	INC	Om Prakash Lal	43,955	29.88%	9.40
	Jharkhand Vananchal Congress	Dulu Mahato	25,132	17.09%	New
	RJD	Rakesh Kumar Mahto	2,649	1.80%	6.00
	LJP	Rakesh Kumar Singh	2,123	1.44%	New
	MCC	Saraswati Devi	1,903	1.29%	0.54
	BSP	Rajiv Tiwari	1,843	1.25%	1.00
Margin of victory			10,251	6.97%	3.70
Turnout			1,47,089	58.39%	0.82
Registered electors			2,51,924		23.53
	JD(U) gain from Samata Party		Swing	5.71

Assembly election 2000[edit | edit source]

2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Baghmara^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Samata Party	Jaleshwar Mahato	51,391	42.56%	*New*
	INC	Om Prakash Lal	47,438	39.29%	New
	RJD	Sukhdeo Bidrohi	9,414	7.80%	New
	BSP	Saryu Ram	2,715	2.25%	New
	JMM	Mansu Prasad Mahato	2,611	2.16%	New
	MCC	Haldhar Mahato	2,213	1.83%	New
	Samajwadi Jan Parishad	Duryodhan Rawani	1,479	1.22%	New
Margin of victory			3,953	3.27%
Turnout			1,20,749	60.02%
Registered electors			2,03,936
	Samata Party win (new seat)

References[edit | edit source]

↑ "AC & PC List- Jharkhand". Archived from the original on 18 December 2019.
↑ "Schedule – XIII of Constituencies Order, 2008 of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
↑ Election Commission of India (24 November 2024). "Jharkhand Assembly Election Results 2024 - Seats won by JMM". Archived from the original on 24 November 2024. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
↑ "Jharkhand Legislative Assembly Election, 2019". Election Commission of India. 6 February 2020. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
↑ "Jharkhand General Legislative Election 2014". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
↑ "Jharkhand 2009". Election Commission of India. 20 August 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
↑ "Jharkhand General Legislative Election 2005". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2000 to the Legislative Assembly of Bihar" (PDF). ceobihar.nic.in. Chief Electoral Officer, Bihar. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 October 2023. Retrieved 16 January 2025.

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[jhceo-1] "AC & PC List- Jharkhand". Archived from the original on 18 December 2019.

[delimitation2008-2] "Schedule – XIII of Constituencies Order, 2008 of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 13 October 2021.

[3] Election Commission of India (24 November 2024). "Jharkhand Assembly Election Results 2024 - Seats won by JMM". Archived from the original on 24 November 2024. Retrieved 24 November 2024.

[4] "Jharkhand Legislative Assembly Election, 2019". Election Commission of India. 6 February 2020. Retrieved 9 February 2022.

[5] "Jharkhand General Legislative Election 2014". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 October 2021.

[6] "Jharkhand 2009". Election Commission of India. 20 August 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2022.

[7] "Jharkhand General Legislative Election 2005". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 October 2021.

[8] "Statistical Report on General Election, 2000 to the Legislative Assembly of Bihar" (PDF). ceobihar.nic.in. Chief Electoral Officer, Bihar. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 October 2023. Retrieved 16 January 2025.

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